Hay-press



Patented May 18, 1920.

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HAY PRESS.

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HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 28. I919.

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ANTOINE FISET, 0F QUEBEC, QUEBEC, CANADA.

HAY-PRESS.

Application filed February 28, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTOINE Frsn'r, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to hay presses and is an improvement over the hay press shown and described in the patent granted to me on May 7 1918, Number 1,265,185.

An object of the present invention is to provide av hay press and a motor for operating the same, which may all be carried by a wheel supported frame, whereby the press may be transported from place to place and be readily set up for use.

\Vith the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appear as the description continues, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and formation of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the hay press embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same; and,

'Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation.

T he invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification with the further understanding that while the drawings show a partial form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

Like and corresponding parts are indicated by similar reference characters throughout the several views.

The press embodying the present invention is supported upon a wheeled frame and also carried by this wheeled frame is a motor for driving the press, so that the apparatus may be easily and readily transported from place to place and can be readily set up for Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented May 18, 1920.

Serial No. 279,706.

use. The truck upon'which the press is mounted comprises a body portion 1 which is supported by means of the wheels 2. This body portion has an extension 3 and pivotally connected to this extension 3 are supporting legs 4 for bracing this extension when the press is being used. Arranged upon the body portion 1 adjacent one end thereof is the press hopper 5 and extending from one end of this latter is the usual box which contains the pressed hay for baling the same, and this box is provided with the hand wheels 7 whereby it may be adjusted for compressing the hay in the usual manner. Supported upon the body portion 1 are the brace'bars 8 and supported upon these brace bars and one end of the hopper 5, is a trough or conveyer 9 whereby the straw may be fed to the hopper 5. Supported upon the truck 1 adjacent one end thereof is a gas motor 10, and the driving shaft of this gas motor has keyed thereto a pinion 11 which is in constant mesh with a gear wheel 12 carried by a transversely extending shaft-13. This gear wheel 12 is looselymounted' upon the shaft 13, but is adapted to be operatively connected with the wheel 12 through the clutch 14. Keyed to this shaft 13 are a pair of pinions 15 and these pinions are adapted to constantly mesh with a pair of spaced and large gear wheels 16 which latter are mounted upon transversely extending stub shafts 17. These gear wheels are jointly connected by means of a wrist pin 18 and connected to this wrist pin isone end of a. rod 18, and the opposite end of this rod 18' is connected to a plunger 19 which isadapted to travel within the hopper 5 for compressing the hay.

Pivotally connected to the opposite sides of the baling box are a pair of arms 20 hav ing secured within their outer ends a fork 21. Pivotally connected as at 22 to the opposite sides of the plunger 19 are the arms 23 of the V-shaped bars. These arms 23 pass through and are guided by the roller bearings 24. Connecting the apex of these V- shaped or triangular shaped rods are the rods 25 and the opposite ends of these rods 25 are connected to the arms 20 of the fork, as at 26. The plunger 19 is preferably made in one piece and its upper end is curved upwardly and backwardly to form the platform 27 and the end of this platform is supported by means of the brace bars 28 which are connected to the arms29 of the V-shaped bars, and the ends of these arms 29 are also connected to the plunger 19.

From the foregoing it is obvious that as the motor is started and the clutch 14 drawn in mesh, the plunger 19 will be reciprocated. As the straw from the conveyer 9 enters the hopper 5 it will be compressed into sections and these sections are finally forced within the baling boX where they are compressed into bales. After several of these sections of the bale have been formed they will have a tendency to move back within the hopper 5 when the plunger 19 has released the same; so, therefore, I provide on the opposite sides of the hopper the spring actuated pawls 30 which permit the straw after it has'been baled to pass by these pawls when being forced within the baling box, but when the plunger has released the compressed hay these pawls will prevent the compressed hay from again moving back into the hopper. hen this plunger 19 is in its farthermost position within the hopper 5 the fork 21 will be raised, but on the withdrawal stroke of the plunger the fork 21 will be lowered thereby forcing the straw within the hopper where it may be compressed. While the plunger is in its farthermost position within the hopper 5, the straw from the conveyer 9 which is being constantly fed to the hopper will rest upon the platform 27 of the plunger, and as the latter is beingwithdrawn from the press the straw mounted upon this platform 27 will come in contact with one end of the conveyer 9 whereby it will be forced off the platform 27 into the hopper 5. Arranged on each side of the hopper 5 are the guard plates 31. These guard plates 31 each have one end pivotally connected as at 32 and their opposite ends jointly connected by means of a transversely extending bar 83. These guard plates are normally retained in their lowermost position, or in the position as shown in Fig. 1, by means of the coil springs 342. These plates .31 will guard the straw as it is under the hopper but should a great amount of straw enter the hopper 5 this straw will accumulate between the rod 33 and the plunger when the latter has been forced within the hopper, thereby causing the free ends of the plates 31 to rise and increase the tension on the coil springs 34:. While the plates 31 and the plunger are in this position straw is still being supplied to the hopper 5, and as the plates 81 rise they will obviously increase the holding capacity of the hopper 5 until the v plunger is again withdrawn and the straw mounted upon the platform 27 is permitted to again drop within the hopper 5.

Upon each stroke of the plunger a section of the bale is formed and when the desired number of sections for a single bale has passed into the baling box the compressed hay will strike an annunciator 40, thereby indicating that the required amount of straw is within the baling boX to form a bale.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a hay press the combination with a hopper, of a reciprocating plunger adapted to move within said hopper, a pair of V- shaped bars connected to said plunger, guide bearings for said bars, apivotallymounted feeding fork, and rods for connecting said pivotally mounted feeding fork with the apex of said V-shaped bars substantially as v and for the purpose specified,

2. In a hay press the combination with a hopper, a' plunger adapted to reciprocate within said hopper, a conveyer leading. to

said hopper, a platform carried by said plunger, a pair of guard plates pivotally mounted upon said hopper, a rod for-jointly connecting the free ends of said guard plates, and coil springs for normally holding said guard plates in their lowermost positions substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In wltness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. a

1 -ANTOINE FISET.

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J. C. TOWNER, a

P. J. BRAtiN. 

